Illustration Due to the influence of intense and especially intense heat, combined with low humidity in the air and the southwest wind causing a strong blowing effect, there is a high risk of fire and explosion in residential areas. due to the high demand for electricity and the high risk of forest fires in the central provinces. In addition, the hot sun can also cause dehydration, exhaustion, heat stroke for the human body when exposed to high temperatures for a long time. Weather in regions on June 18: North West: Hot and sunny days, especially hot in some places; Showers and thunderstorms in the evening and night. During thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning and strong gusts of wind. The highest temperature is 36-39 degrees, some places are over 40 degrees; only Lai Chau – Dien Bien 31-34 degrees. The lowest temperature is 25-28 degrees, some places are below 24 degrees. North East: The day is hot and sunny, and there are places where it is especially hot. The highest temperature is 36-39 degrees, some places are over 39 degrees; the lowest 27-30 degrees. Hanoi: The day is hot and sunny, especially in some places. The highest temperature is 37-39 degrees, some places are over 39 degrees; the lowest 28-30 degrees. Thanh Hoa – Thua Thien Hue: The day is hot and especially hot. The highest temperature is 37-40 degrees, some places are over 40 degrees; the lowest is 26-29 degrees, some places are over 29 degrees. Da Nang to Binh Thuan: On hot sunny days, the North has intense heat, some places are especially hot; Showers and thunderstorms in the evening and night. During thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning and strong gusts of wind. The highest temperature in the North is 36-39 degrees, in some places over 39 degrees; South 34-37 degrees. The lowest temperature is 26-29 degrees. Highlands: Sunny day, afternoon showers and scattered thunderstorms. During thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning and strong winds. Highest temperature 30-33 degrees; the lowest 21-24 degrees. Southern: Sunny day, afternoon showers and scattered thunderstorms. During thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning and strong gusts of wind. The highest temperature 32-35 degrees; lowest 24-27 degrees. In HCMC and Can Tho it is 34 degrees.

Sales increase The chemical industry is raging

As of: 06/09/2021 3:54 p.m.

The third largest German branch of industry has reached the pre-crisis level again. After growth in the first quarter, the chemical industry raised its forecast for the year. The pharmaceutical business in particular is doing better than expected. Despite the rise in raw material prices and delivery problems, the German chemical industry continued on its growth path in the first three months of the year. As announced by the German Chemical Industry Association (VCI), the sector increased its sales by 1.1 percent to 51.3 billion euros compared to the same period in the previous year. Production increased by 0.8 percent. Compared to the fourth quarter of 2020, sales growth was even 3.6 percent.

Again above pre-crisis levels

With the sustained upward trend, the third largest German industrial sector – after the car and machine builders – has already compensated for the corona dent. Production and sales are now back above pre-crisis levels. Above all, exports to EU countries increased. In addition, there was the increasing demand from Asia. The chemical industry was also able to grow in the German home market – thanks to higher prices.

“Hope for a good year in chemistry”

VCI President Christian Kullmann, who is also the head of the chemical company Evonik, was delighted with the development. “The first few months give hope for a good year in chemistry,” he said. “The demand for chemicals and pharmaceuticals is increasing.” The industry association is now even more optimistic about the year as a whole. For 2021, the VCI predicts sales growth of eight percent and an increase in production of 4.5 percent. So far, a plus of five percent in sales and an increase of three percent in production had been forecast.

“The demand for chemicals and pharmaceuticals is increasing.” – VCI President Christian Kullmann Image: picture alliance / dpa

Price increases and corona vaccines as drivers

Strong price increases for the chemical and pharmaceutical products manufactured should make a significant contribution to this. The association is anticipating 3.5 percent higher prices for the year as a whole. The chemical industry is also benefiting from the corona vaccine boom. There are numerous suppliers for the vaccines from BioNTech, Moderna & Co, including Evonik and Wacker Chemie. You act as a technology supplier or as a contract manufacturer.

Worry about delivery bottlenecks

Only supply bottlenecks for materials and intermediate products are dampening the good mood in the chemical industry. “They are now affecting the operational processes of every second company,” warned VCI President Kullmann. However, the situation should ease again in the course of the year. In March, the blockade of the Suez Canal interrupted the supply chain from Asia in the chemical industry. Around 16 percent of chemical imports and 18 percent of exports take this route.

Huge green electricity demand for climate neutrality

In addition, the more stringent climate protection targets are making the industry difficult. “The way there remains in the fog”, said recently Wolfgang Große Entrup, General Manager of the VCI. “For the new goal, our industry needs more electricity than Germany currently consumes overall – as green electricity.” If the industry does not get competitive prices for electricity from renewable energies, it will not manage the energy transition. In spring 2020, the association presented a study in which it considers climate neutrality by 2050 to be technically feasible. For this, however, enormous additional amounts of green electricity are required. By the mid-2030s, the chemical industry’s electricity needs will increase more than tenfold. In addition, the electricity price would have to drop to four cents per kilowatt hour, demanded the VCI. The industry currently pays between eight and ten cents per kilowatt hour.

BASF is pushing ahead

VCI President Kullmann considers the renewed tightening of climate protection targets and the more rapid increase in CO2 prices called for by the Greens in their election manifesto as “irresponsible”. At the annual chemistry conference of the “Handelsblatt”, he warned that those who shackle the industry put the ax to their transformation. Good politics are based on incentives and not on bans. BASF is one of the first chemical companies to commit to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to zero on a fixed date. The people of Ludwigshafen want to become climate neutral by 2050. Among other things, one should help huge wind farm in the North Sea that BASF is planning together with RWE . The plant with a capacity of two gigawatts is to supply the Ludwigshafen chemical site with green electricity from 2030.

Today’s weather forecast for June 10, 2021 in all regions of the country Hanoi weather today Hanoi weather today 10/6 will be cloudy, the day will have showers and scattered thunderstorms; Showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and night, with moderate rain and heavy rain locally. Southeast wind level 2-3. During thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning and strong winds. The lowest temperature is from: 24-26 degrees Celsius. The highest temperature is from: 31-33 degrees Celsius, in some places over 33 degrees Celsius. Northwest region The latest weather today in this area will be cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms; In the evening and night, there will be moderate rain, heavy rain, very heavy rain and scattered thunderstorms. Gentle. During thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong winds. The lowest temperature is from: 22-25 degrees Celsius, some places are below 22 degrees Celsius. The highest temperature is from: 30-33 degrees Celsius, some places are over 33 degrees Celsius. Northeast region Today’s weather forecast 10/6 this area will be cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms; In the afternoon and evening, there will be moderate rain, heavy rain, very heavy rain and scattered thunderstorms. Southeast wind level 2-3. During thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong winds. The lowest temperature is from: 23-26 degrees Celsius. The highest temperature is from: 30-33 degrees Celsius, some places are over 33 degrees Celsius. North Central region The weather in the area from Thanh Hoa to Thua Thien Hue today will be cloudy, with scattered showers and thunderstorms, with moderate rain in the evening and evening, with heavy to very heavy rain in the North; Cloudy in the south, sunny day, evening showers and thunderstorms in some places. The north wind is light, the south west wind is level 2-3. During thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning and strong winds. The lowest temperature is from: 25-28 degrees Celsius. The highest temperature is from: 31-34 degrees Celsius, there are places above 34 degrees Celsius. South Central region Today’s weather on June 10 in the provinces from Da Nang to Binh Thuan will be cloudy, with showers and thunderstorms in some places. Level 2-3 southwest wind. During thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning and strong winds. The lowest temperature is from: 24-27 degrees Celsius. Highest temperature from: 32-35 degrees Celsius. Highlands region The weather forecast for June 10 in this area will be cloudy, showers and thunderstorms in some places, especially in the evening and evening with showers and scattered thunderstorms. Level 2-3 southwest wind. During thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning and strong winds. The lowest temperature is from: 20-23 degrees Celsius. The highest temperature is from: 28-31 degrees Celsius, there are places above 31 degrees Celsius. Southern region The weather today in the South will be cloudy, with showers and thunderstorms in some places, especially in the afternoon and evening with showers and scattered thunderstorms. Level 2-3 southwest wind. During thunderstorms, there is a possibility of tornadoes, lightning and strong winds. The lowest temperature is from: 23-26 degrees Celsius. The highest temperature is from: 29-32 degrees Celsius, in some places over 32 degrees Celsius.

These days, the dormitories shack at the foot of Long Bien Bridge, Hanoi, poor workers always have to bend under the heat of 40 degrees Celsius. Towards noon, the sun shines on the roofs that are enclosed around four walls made of corrugated iron and cement roofing sheets. Stepping into the room, you can feel the suffocating heat, the heat emanating from the hot corrugated iron sheets. The roof and walls of the inn are mainly made of corrugated iron and thin plywood panels. There are makeshift houses that don’t even look like a house, just built with extra wood panels, tarps and rags, etc. to cover the sun and rain. As the heat engulfed the houses like a corrugated iron furnace at the foot of Long Bien Bridge, Ms. Thu could not take a nap, so she only took advantage of her time to collect beans and clean the house to ease her pain. Sitting at the door, Mrs. Loan (57 years old, a native of Ninh Binh) had to pour water in front of the room to calm the surging heat. “The fan blows out hot air, not cool, so I have to take advantage of the mornings and afternoons to sleep, when the sun is out, I push the cart to sell goods to earn some money. I don’t have any money at home, I sell my strength to get money, so whenever the weather is cool, I push the cart to sell goods, “said Loan. Some rooms are roofed with fibro cement tiles instead of corrugated iron sheets. This place has been home to hundreds of poor laborers for many years. They are people from many different places. However, because the life in the countryside was flooded, they went to Hanoi to spread all kinds of jobs from carrying goods to rent, pushing carts, selling sticky rice, tea, etc. Because they did not have much money to rent, the poor laborers flocked to the area. inns at the foot of Long Bien bridge live day by day. Taking advantage of the time to go out in front of the alley to catch a cool afternoon because he couldn’t sleep, Mr. Thanh (40 years old, from Thanh Hoa) shared: “I have been living in Long Bien market with the job of loading and unloading fruit for about 3 years. This area has about 30 inns built around 4 meters high.” Most of the workers here work at night, some people are loading goods, others are selling goods and going to the market. When it is hot, many people have to put the folding bed under the tree to avoid the heat. The people here have been struggling to make a living every day, now they have become more and more struggling with the scorching heat and burning flesh. “No one wants to live here, but thinking about the family’s food and clothing, they still try to make a living in a foreign land. This weather can make you sleepy, even if you are tired, you can’t sleep because lying on the bed is like lying on a pile of blankets, sometimes you don’t dare to cook because the room is too hot. The toilet is also in the room, they gather 3 corrugated iron sheets to form a toilet in the corner of the room, “said Thao. The fibro-cement roof retains heat for a long time, making the house always stuffy like a bagua oven Like Mr. Thanh and Mr. Thuan, Mr. Kien (55 years old, from Hai Duong), said that he has been working in Hanoi for 6 years. Every hot season comes, the motel room is no longer a resting place but an obsession to fear of him and everyone here. Can’t sleep because it’s hot like a bagua. “Coming home from work tired and want to rest but can’t sleep because of the heat, the surrounding is made of corrugated iron and thin wood, so it absorbs high heat. The roof is also made of fibro cement tiles, so at noon the heat is like a large oven, nothing more, nothing less. We stay here sometimes it’s too hot and we go to the tree to live or go out under the bushes to sleep comfortably, “said Kien. The shacks are less than 3m high, close together. Even though we have worked all night, many people cannot sleep in hot inns: “Now we only take advantage of sleeping in the morning before coming home from work to take advantage of sleep and then go to a few trees in the afternoon to avoid the heat until the afternoon. Then go back to sleep for a while and then go to work. This house wants to pour water on the roof to reduce the heat, because the water will leak into the house, even if it is poured water, it will only dry for a moment, but it will not work,” Dung added. Under the hot summer sun, those poor neighbors are still struggling every day because of their livelihood. Every afternoon, no one invites anyone, everyone goes to the tree stumps, room doors, shady places to sit and talk about their family’s life and circumstances. In the stressful situation of the epidemic, the people here also pay attention to the distance, but due to the narrow living space, it is inconvenient enough. No one dares to think about air conditioning and air conditioning because they do it to rent an inn and take care of their monthly living expenses. They still wish that when it rains, they will have a good night’s sleep. As for summer days, this place is as hot as a bagua oven, and cold days are bone-chilling. According to the forecast, the hot weather will continue to last and stay at a high temperature. The life of the poor laborers, who were already hard, now becomes even more difficult when they have to fight the hot sun in makeshift motel rooms. The minimalist need to sleep has now suddenly become a great desire of many people.

However, an incident later occurred when the core of a missile weighing up to 20 tons lost control and fell back to the ground at an extremely high speed. According to forecasts by both the US space agency (NASA) and the European Space Agency (ESA) at that time, the missile is likely to fall on May 8-10 – and currently the latest forecasts show. It will fall on May 9. Missile Truong Chinh 5B. Description: Thanh Luan Its location is a densely populated place or falls into the sea or uninhabited area is still a big question mark, so this event attracts the attention of most of the world’s major powers. . But many experts advise people in the countries concerned that “should not be too worried”. Specifically, sharing his opinion with CGTN channel on May 8, according to expert Zhang Xiaotian working at the School of Astronaut, Beihang University, told CGTN: “ As for the missile’s return to the ground, we need it to fall into a predetermined safe zone and there are many measures to achieve this goal such as choosing the launch location, controlling the brake. degrees at different stages “. China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Uong Van Ban also said that the ability of fragments or missile cores to fall to the ground is extremely low because the missile is designed with special technology. . The Hindustantimes Indian newspaper quoted the Paris-PSL Observatory astronomer Florent Delefie as saying: “ The chance of the debris falling in an inhabited area is very low, with the probability of 1 in 1 million “. Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist at the Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Harvard, in an interview on Space.com even said that the probability of a personal danger being hit by a piece of paper is just 1 in many billions of possibilities. “The chance of someone getting hurt is probably 1% and the chance of you getting hurt is 8 billion times smaller than that, so don’t worry about it.” Even so, McDowell also criticized China for its somewhat irresponsible actions: “Usually, after the missile completes its mission, the engine will be reactivated and dropped into the ocean or inhabited place, so the damage is very little. However, China did not do that,” he said. they put rockets in orbit and then set them free. “ Theverge quoted Dan Oltrogge – founder of Space Safety Coalition as well as leading expert at Commercial Space Operations Center expressed optimism about the missile core will fall into the sea. He said: “Most of the Earth’s surface is covered with water (70%), so there is almost no danger, the chance of it falling into a residential area is not zero but there would be little to worry about if it does. fell into the ocean “. “The chance of anyone getting hit by debris is very low, extremely low”, he stressed . Have there been instances of missile debris hit causing significant injury? In fact, in more than six decades since humans put their first satellite into the air, there have been no cases of debris hitting people causing significant injuries, according to Stijn Lemmens, an expert at Mechanical European Space Agency. The likelihood of falling into the residential area of ​​the Truong Chinh 5B missile core is very low. Photo: Bulletin The China Space Agency, the main unit responsible for this incident, still keeps information related to the missile secret, so it is still possible to estimate the specific drop position of the missile core. a big question. Most recently, they just made an official announcement. This is not the first case of a Chinese space object losing control, before in 2018, a space station named Thien Cung 1 weighing 8 tons also lost control and fell back to the ground. but no one was injured. Articles translated from sources: Space, CGTN, Hindustantimes, Theguardian

It is expected that revenue will continue to grow in the second quarter of 2021. In the first half of the year, Focus is expected to achieve a net profit of 2.83 billion-29.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 243.7%-261.91%. Diversified customer structure and rapid revenue growth Affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the domestic advertising market demand in 2020 will show a significant decline year-on-year. According to the “2020 Annual Report on China’s Advertising Market” released by CTR Media Intelligence, the overall cost of advertising in China in 2020 will drop by 11.6% year-on-year. Despite this, Focus Media’s performance in 2020 is still growing at a high speed against the trend. Among them, the elevator media business performed particularly well, taking the lead in achieving a strong recovery. In the fourth quarter, revenue was 3.894 billion yuan, an increase of 47.02% over the same period last year; the annual operating income was 11.576 billion yuan, an increase of 15.19% over the same period last year. It is worth noting that the report shows that in 2020, the media customer structure of Focus Elevator will continue to be optimized and stabilized, with customers covering a wide range of industries such as consumer goods, the Internet, transportation, business services, entertainment and leisure, and real estate. Among them, driven by the massive emergence of traditional fast-moving consumer goods and new consumer goods, the proportion of daily consumer goods customers has grown steadily, ranking first with 35.45%; the rapid development of online medical care, community grouping, corporate office communications and other fields has promoted the Internet The overall high-volume investment of such customers ranked second with 27.13%, a year-on-year increase of 45.92%. Driven by this, Focus Group’s performance in the second quarter of 2021 will continue to grow rapidly, and it is expected to increase by over 86% year-on-year. Jiang Nanchun, Chairman of Focus Media, said: “With the disappearance of traffic dividends and the return of the brand, it has become a consensus to’seize offline’. In 2020, Focus Media, which covers the work, life, entertainment and consumption scenes of mainstream consumers, will be affected by the Internet. More brands in such fields as new consumption, new energy vehicles, decoration and building materials, financial funds, health and medicine, catering, games and other industries have also increased their investment in Focus. Focus has become the standard for brand marketing in various industries. ” “Double micro, flick and one focus” becomes the core position of marketing According to Ipsos’ “Inventory of Chinese Advertising Slogans in 2020”, among the TOP10 popular, highly recognizable and mind-occupying slogans in 2020, 47% of consumers’ cognitive channels originate from TV advertising, and 56% come from Internet media. 83% comes from elevator media. Focus’s long-term and stable audience attention value and brand detonation ability are gaining the favor of a wider range of customers. In the 2020 “BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Chinese Brands” list jointly released by WPP and Kantar, 87% of brands have launched digital outdoor new media represented by Focus. Except for Feihe, Bosideng, Junlebao, Qiaqia and other traditional big brands, they continue to increase their investment. Yuanqi Forest, JD Digital, Tencent Conference, Jane Eyre Yogurt, SKG, Ulike, Sophia, Yezhifeng and many other new additions Brands have also poured into Focus on a large scale. With the disappearance of traffic dividends and high traffic costs, more and more companies are expanding their paths from traffic to branding. New consumer brands such as Winona, Huaxizi, Perfect Diary, Runbaiyan, and Zihai Pot have all launched in Focus. Become a benchmark for this trend. Wang Xing, CEO of Kantar China and Global President of BrandZ, previously stated: For advertisers and brands, the online and offline, content-based and scene-based efficient combination, and detonate the brand through “double micro, one shake and one focus” , Will become the most effective paradigm for future communication. Brands in daily life scenes represented by Focus Media have exploded extensively, and social media brands represented by Weibo, WeChat, and Douyin are deeply planted. The interaction and resonance of the two will help the brand to recover and strengthen in the post-epidemic era. The core position of growth. Fully promote digital transformation and international expansion Focus’s continuous digital transformation has also provided a positive boost to the strong growth of performance. At present, Focus Media has achieved “network pushability, real-time monitoring, insights can be returned, and effects can be evaluated”, and through more accurate advertising and clearer full-link effect tracking, it has become integrated into the brand’s global marketing and enhance brand consumption. The core platform of the owner’s assets. Jiang Nanchun said: “Focus Media is using digitalization to reshape the company’s business model and leading the digital transformation of offline media in an all-round way. In the future, Focus Media will continue to strengthen the company’s self-iteration and provide customers with more optimized media values ​​and services.” In the Forbes global digital economy selection, Focus Media ranked 33rd with the digital transformation of offline media. At the same time, the report also shows that as of the end of 2020, the media network of Focus Life Circle has covered about 330 major cities in China. In addition to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China, it also covers more than 30 Seoul, South Korea, Bangkok, Thailand, Singapore, and Jakarta, Indonesia. main city. The report pointed out that in the future, the company will actively and orderly increase the expansion of high-quality resource locations such as apartment communities, office buildings, shopping malls, and cinemas, further increase the density and breadth of the company’s media resources coverage, and continue to cover 5 million terminal days in 500 cities. The goal of reaching a new middle class of 500 million yuan is actively promoted, and the leading advantage of the company’s life circle media is continuously expanded to maintain the sustainable growth of the company’s operating performance.

On April 29, at the Van Xuong spacecraft launch center in Hainan province, China successfully launched the first module of the Tianhe space station with the Truong Chinh 5B rocket, marking an important step in the build the country’s own space station. However, instead of falling to a predetermined place in the sea like the previous rockets, the central stage of the Truong Chinh 5B boosters started spinning around the Earth in a low orbit in a state of out-of-control. With a weight of about 21 tons, 30m long and 5m wide, the remnants of the Truong Chinh 5B rocket are flying in orbit around the Earth every 90 minutes / rev, at a speed of 27,600 km / h at an altitude of over 300 kilometer. Since the end of last week until now, this remaining part has decreased altitude by nearly 80km. According to the observations of underground amateur astronomers, this missile is in a very unstable state. Some calculations show that the central floor of the Truong Chinh 5B missile will plunge into the atmosphere on May 8. When it crosses the Earth’s atmosphere, it could be burned, but it is likely that large pieces of the missile will remain and will fall scattered over an area of ​​160km wide. Worth mentioning, this is not the first time that China’s Truong Chinh 5B missile has fallen into a state of out-of-control during the biosphere. In May 2020, a similar incident happened. Beijing is expected to have at least 10 more similar launches, bringing all additional equipment into orbit, before completing the station by 2022. China’s Truong Chinh 5B missile was launched into orbit on April 29 at the Wenchang launch pad, southern China. . Prior to the US Space Command’s forecast that the 2021-035B Truong Chinh 5B (Long March 5B or Chang Zheng 5B) missile core, called 2021-035B, was capable of falling uncontrollably on Earth on the day. May 8-9, many people questioned: Will Russia or the US plan to use the missile to shoot the core of the Truong Chinh 5B missile, to save the planet’s citizens? On May 6, the US said it was tracking the object’s path, but had no plans to shoot it down. Cosmic garbage Australia currently holds the record as the country that contains the largest space waste in the world. In 1979, the 77-ton American SkyLab space station disintegrated in Western Australia, leaving the area around the coastal town of Esperance splashed by debris. Although no deaths or serious injuries have been reported from being hit by these cosmic debris, it is quite dangerous. Just a year before the fall of SkyLab, a Soviet remote sensing satellite, Cosmos 954, crashed into a barren area of ​​Canada’s Northwest Territory, spreading radioactive debris over several hundred square kilometers. As the Cold War was at its height, the nuclear sensitivity of the Cosmos 954 led to unfortunate delays in locating and cleaning the wreck. Who has to pay for cleaning? International law sets out a compensation regime that applies in many cases of damage on Earth, as well as when satellites collide in space. The 1972 conventions, a United Nations treaty, impose liability for the damage caused by space debris, which includes a regime of absolute liability as they fall to Earth like fragments. crumbs. In the case of Long March 5B, this would impose potential liability on China. The new treaty has only been invoked once before (for the Cosmos 954 incident) and therefore may not be considered a incentive. Of course, this legal framework only applies after the damage has occurred. In 1978, a Soviet nuclear-powered satellite crashed in northern Canada, resulting in a $ 3,000,000 fine for the tundra radioactive cleanup for Canada.

China’s Truong Chinh 5B missile was launched into space from April 29 New arena between America-China This week, the US and China have repeatedly debated over the warning that the remnants of the Chinese Truong Chinh 5B missile could fall back to Earth. While the US has criticized this as the result of irresponsibility and negligence and predicts serious consequences, China has countered that the West is overdoing and the impact of heavier missile remnants. The 20 tons falling back on Earth is nothing serious. Observing the latest incident, world commentators said that, even when the huge remnant of Truong Chinh 5B’s missile fell to the Earth and caused no consequences, the controversy related to the row. Space between China and America will not end either. On the contrary, this is just the opening for a new “arena” between the two leading economies in the world because they are spending sparingly to increase their presence in the universe. The more space we invest and build, the greater the amount of space waste will be, and the return of giant objects from space will no longer be uncommon. Just over last month, the Chinese National Aerospace Agency also kept an eye on a massive cosmic litter. In particular, the International Space Station (ISS) emits the largest space trash ever, which is the 2.9-ton base of 48 nickel-hydrogen panels. It is expected that the trash will spend 2 to 4 years floating in low Earth orbit before it burns into the atmosphere. The consequences of this discharge are not the same as the discharge of the remnants of the Truong Chinh 5B missile because the object of the Chinese missile weighs more than 20 tons, so it is difficult to burn out, leaving the large structure falling on Earth. However, as soon as the ISS station’s discharge was announced, the China Space News website immediately published an article warning the risk of a 2.9-ton retrograde waste block. “Pray for that waste block not to come back and hit the space station”, according to the article on this website. The problem of litter will be as bad as climate change The South China Post (SCMP) newspaper published this month indicated that China is tracking about 20,000 blocks of space waste, 50% more than a decade ago. ” In the end, the consequence may be that, even if there are no more people performing any more space activity, the total amount of cosmic waste will continue to increase, the door to human space will be completely blocked. – Mr. Feng Hao, an aerospace specialist in China, said Mr. Feng Hao, lead author of the report and his colleagues at the Beijing Institute of Space Systems Engineering, said that the situation of the rapid increase in the amount of waste in the orbit of the Earth is very alarming because that floating object can collide with each other. The scenario above will take place soon and worse when China and the US continue to compete in space. Both have ambitious plans to expand the space program over the next few years. Tens of thousands of satellites have been launched, a lot of large-scale infrastructure built in orbit from Earth to Moon. Feng estimates that by 2033, the geostationary orbit will be crowded, meaning that adding more satellites to orbit will lead to a chain collision. Space litter “could become the same important political issue as the current state of climate change,” said a Beijing-based scientist, who did not want to be identified. According to this scientist, when the important orbits do not have many gaps, tensions between Washington and Beijing, the two countries most active in aerospace operations, will become increasingly fierce. “Beijing may criticize Washington for its cosmic emissions, on the contrary, Washington will limit Beijing’s future space missions. This will cause a profound geopolitical impact, affecting all countries on Earth “, emphasized the anonymous expert. Furthermore, when the US-China confronts, international cooperation related to space waste disposal will inevitably be affected. Not to mention, the situation of sharing space waste tracking information between countries is still superficial, partly because the technology used in the universe is related to the military, so no country wants to share it clearly. . “You can imagine this situation as two people sitting in the front row scrambling for the steering wheel while the car is about to crash into the wall,” the Beijing expert explained. China launched the 5B Truong Chinh missile into space, carrying the first module of the Chinese-made Tian Cung space station, from April 29. This missile has a 1-core configuration for propulsion, so the size of this floor is very large. When completing the task of bringing the missile to, the separated core will be disabled and become a giant mass of cosmic trash. The problem is this trash is spinning in uncontrollable Earth orbit. Expected to fall to Earth as early as today (May 8).

Assoc.Prof.Dr. Ngo Duc Thanh, Hanoi University of Science and Technology. (Photo: Bich Lien) That is shared by Assoc. Ngo Duc Thanh, Hanoi University of Science and Technology – a young scientist who has just received the nomination for the Ta Quang Buu Prize in 2021 announced by the Ministry of Science and Technology. Sincere and full of enthusiasm of the scientist who met us, Assoc.Prof.Dr. Thanh said: Global climate change (CC) is a contemporary challenge that humanity is facing. Many human and computational resources are focused by the world to make future climate change scenarios under different assumptions. In 2012, at an international conference in Vietnam led by Assoc. Ngo Duc Thanh co-organized, Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiments (Southeast Asia) project coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiments (Southeast Asia) was established with the goal of sharing computational resources, human resources and promoting research for Southeast Asia. As soon as CORDEX-SEA was initiated, Assoc. Ngo Duc Thanh and his colleagues have embarked on research on simulating extreme temperature and precipitation factors for Southeast Asia. The study focuses on a number of climatic factors for the entire Southeast Asia region such as the number of heavy rainy days, the number of consecutive rainy or no rainy days, the number of days when the temperature is too hot or too cold … The program helped him to be named in the list of nominees for the Ta Quang Buu Award in 2021 – the project “Evaluation of the ability of the RegCM4 model to simulate the extreme indicators of rain and temperature in the CORDEX-Southeast. ASIAN”. According to Assoc. Ngo Duc Thanh, there are currently many models with different parameter configurations that can be used to calculate future climate change for the global as well as for individual regions such as Southeast Asia. However, different models will give different errors in different countries, regions, and times. During more than 4 years of implementation, Assoc. Ngo Duc Thanh and international colleagues conducted 18 simulation experiments to find the most suitable and optimal model configuration capable of representing the extreme climatic factors of rain and heat. area. 18 experiments were also ranked, from which the most optimal set of model parameters were selected, serving the long-term climate change projection until the end of the 21st century. After being announced, the work received the attention of the research community inside and outside the area. By providing the most optimal model parameters for long-term simulation experiments in Southeast Asia, the work is extremely important, helping to save significant resources and computation time. planning future climate change for the entire region. Initial research results are positive, but things have not stopped. Assoc.Prof.Dr. Ngo Duc Thanh said that, along with the results obtained, many big questions were re-opened: What is the cause of the difference in rainfall increase and decrease in different regions of the region? How do changes in the rain temperature regime affect extreme phenomena such as floods, droughts, hot weather …? However, the thing that Assoc. Ngo Duc Thanh feels most confident and confident that it is the handshake association of international scientists. Never before has the inter-country cooperation in the field been so extremely challenging as meteorology and climate change have been so closely coordinated. Talking more about the success of the project, Assoc.Prof.Dr. Thanh said: This is not only an honor for each individual scientist but also an opportunity for the field of meteorology / climate to be “quietly” and Picky learners, workers get more attention from society. Concerned about this field has not been concerned by many people, he expressed: There are very few young people interested in studying this field because this is also a challenging issue. “In recent years, each course has only recruited very few students, leading to this industry often scored relatively low, while the industry is in need of people who are good at math, physics and computer science.” In addition, during his work, he witnessed “inflows of people coming and going” in a number of hydro-meteorological research units, partly due to working conditions and inadequate income. living did not attract them. “We need the push to create a team of high-quality meteorologists that can be dedicated and passionate about the industry. That way can meet the needs of the society, solving practical and urgent problems such as forecasting natural disasters or researching climate change ”, Assoc.Prof.Dr. Thanh shared. /. The Ta Quang Buu Award is awarded annually by the Ministry of Science and Technology to honor scientists who have outstanding achievements in basic research in the fields of natural sciences and engineering. In 2021, together with TS. Bui Minh Tuan, Assoc. TS. Ngo Duc Thanh, a famous meteorologist was nominated for the “Main Award” category of this award. The Awards Ceremony is expected to be held on May 18 – Vietnam Science and Technology Day.

A Volkswagen car factory. (Image: Reuters) German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier April 24 said the country’s government is aiming to raise the forecast economic growth this year as industries are fighting well with the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In an interview, Mr. Altmaier said that in January, Germany gave its forecast of economic growth of 3%, but current data shows that the figure will be even higher. Last year, Europe’s largest economy declined 4.9% due to restrictive policies aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19 translation . The set German Economy It is expected to publish an updated forecast on the economic growth outlook next week. According to Altmaier, Germany has reasons to be optimistic, as the statistics are better than expected amid industries benefiting from the global recovery. However, Altmaier admits that the COVID-19 anti-epidemic restriction policy – which is being tightened in Germany from the end of this week in an attempt to curb the third wave of infections – has particularly seriously affected sectors. sectors such as retail, culinary and hospitality. Still, Altmaier expects Germany’s economy to return to pre-pandemic levels by 2022. Last week, the leading German consulting organizations also warned that the current wave of pandemic will slow the recovery momentum, but it is still expected that Germany’s economy will grow 3.7% this year./.

The beaches in Phuket are empty of foreign tourists. (Photo: Bangkok Post Office) The Minister of Tourism and Sports of Thailand said that the number of Covid-19 cases per day has increased to more than 2,000 and is not sure how the pandemic will break out, so the previous goal is to attract 6.5 million foreign tourists in 2021 are difficult to achieve. The Thai government currently expects international arrivals by 2021 to be only 3 million to 4 million visitors. Meanwhile, local tourists are predicted to make about 100 million -120 million trips this year, down from 160 million in the previous forecast. However, Thai officials will continue to plan to attract international tourists who have been vaccinated against Covid-19, through a pilot project in the tourist city of Phuket from July 2021. The Ministry of Tourism and Sports will help distribute Covid-19 vaccine to 70% of Phuket’s residents in preparation for international tourists. Regarding the Covid-19 situation in Thailand, today (April 24), health officials of this country recorded a record high number of new cases in the day, with 2,839 cases and 8 more deaths. To date, this Southeast Asian country has recorded a total of 53,022 cases of Covid-19, of which 129 died and 22,327 are under treatment./.

Accordingly, from now to April 25, the weather in all 3 regions is popular with hot weather. Specifically, due to the influence of the southeastern edge of the western hot low pressure region combined with the cyclone effect, the North and Central regions will have the highest temperature of about 34-35 degrees Celsius, somewhere over 38 degrees Celsius. From the night of April 25, the North experienced showers and thunderstorms, and the temperature decreased. The temperature ranges from 25 – 29 degrees C. In the Central Highlands and the South, in 10 days to the evening there are showers and thunderstorms, it is necessary to be careful about the possibility of cyclones, lightning, hail and wind gusts. strong. North West From the night of April 23-25, in the evening and at night there are showers and thunderstorms in some places; Hot sunny day, some places are very hot. During a thunderstorm, there is a possibility of whirlwinds, lightning, hail and strong winds. From the night of April 25-26, there are scattered showers and thunderstorms, with moderate rain and heavy rain locally. During a thunderstorm, there is a possibility of whirlwinds, lightning, hail and strong winds. It is cool, some place it is cold. From April 27 to May 3, there are showers and thunderstorms in some places; Particularly, the period from the evening of April 28 to April 29 has moderate rain, heavy rain, some places with very heavy rain and scattered thunderstorms. During a thunderstorm, there is a possibility of whirlwinds, lightning, hail and strong winds. Particularly, on April 29 in the Southeast, it was cold, and some places were cold. North East From the night of April 23-25, in the evening and at night there are showers and thunderstorms in some places; sunny day, some place is hot. From the night of April 25 to 28, there are showers and thunderstorms in some places; Particularly in the period from the evening of April 25 to April 26, there were showers and scattered thunderstorms, locally with moderate rain and heavy rain. During a thunderstorm, there is a possibility of whirlwinds, lightning, hail and strong winds. Particularly on April 26, the weather turned cool, the mountainous areas had a cold change. From the evening of April 28 to April 29, there was moderate rain, heavy rain, some places with heavy rain and scattered thunderstorms. It was cold, and there were places where the mountains turned cold. From April 30 to May 3, there are showers and thunderstorms in some places, and it is sunny in the afternoon and afternoon. From April 25 to May 3, Hanoi had showers and thunderstorms, and it turned cool Provinces from Thanh Hoa to Thua Thien Hue From the night of April 23-25, in the evening and at night there are showers and thunderstorms in some places. On hot days, mountainous areas are hot and hot. During a thunderstorm, there is a possibility of whirlwinds, lightning, hail and strong winds. From the night of April 25-26, the North had showers and scattered thunderstorms; In the south there are showers and thunderstorms in some places. During a thunderstorm, there is a possibility of whirlwinds, lightning, hail and strong winds. From April 27 to May 3, there are showers and thunderstorms in some places; Particularly on April 29, there was moderate rain, heavy rain, in some places it was very heavy and scattered with thunderstorms and on April 30 there were scattered showers and thunderstorms. During a thunderstorm, there is a possibility of whirlwinds, lightning, hail and strong winds. Particularly in the North on April 29 it turned cold. Coastal provinces from Da Nang to Binh Thuan Night 23-25 ​​April, evening and night with showers and thunderstorms in some places; On a sunny day, there are hot areas in the North; Particularly in the late afternoon there were scattered showers and thunderstorms. During a thunderstorm, there is a possibility of whirlwinds, lightning and strong winds. From April 26 to May 3, there are showers and thunderstorms in some places; Particularly in the North on April 29 and April 30 there were scattered showers and thunderstorms, with moderate rain and heavy rain locally. During a thunderstorm, there is a possibility of whirlwinds, lightning and strong winds. Highlands From the night of April 23-25, there are showers and thunderstorms in some places, particularly in the South in the evening on April 24 there are scattered showers and thunderstorms. During a thunderstorm, there is a possibility of whirlwinds, lightning and strong winds. From April 26 to May 3, there are showers and thunderstorms in some places; Particularly on the day of the period from April 28 to May 1 in the evening and evening there are scattered showers and thunderstorms. During a thunderstorm, there is a possibility of whirlwinds, lightning and strong winds. Southern region From the night of April 23-25, there are showers and thunderstorms in some places, and in the evening there are scattered showers and thunderstorms. During a thunderstorm, there is a possibility of whirlwinds, lightning and strong winds. From April 26 to May 3, there are showers and thunderstorms in some places; Particularly on the day of the period from April 28 to May 1 in the evening and evening there are scattered showers and thunderstorms. During a thunderstorm, there is a possibility of whirlwinds, lightning and strong winds. Hanoi area From the night of April 23 to 25, a rainy night in some places, a sunny day. From the night of April 25 to 28, there are showers and thunderstorms in some places; Particularly, the period from the night of April 25 to April 26 had showers and scattered thunderstorms, locally with moderate rain and heavy rain. During a thunderstorm, there is a possibility of whirlwinds, lightning, hail and strong winds. Particularly on April 26, it turned cool. From the evening of April 28 to April 29, there were showers and scattered thunderstorms, with moderate rain and heavy rain locally. It was turning cold. From April 30 to May 3, there are showers and thunderstorms in some places, and it is sunny in the afternoon and afternoon. HA Weather today April 23, 2021: The intense heat still takes place in the Northwest and North Central

Research on rain forecast with a forecast term of 10 – 90 days is a topic that Dr. Bui Minh Tuan (born in 1988) cherished during his master’s years at the University of Natural Sciences. “Rain is an extremely important factor for the development of most countries in the world, including Vietnam. If the rainfall is too heavy, it can lead to flooding, causing serious damage to people and material; But too little rainfall can cause droughts, lack of water for domestic use and destroy crops. Therefore, rain forecasting is always the top concern of meteorologists in the world, ”said Tuan. Although the meteorological industry in recent years has seen a strong development; weather forecasts for 5 days have the same accuracy as the one-day forecast of 30 years ago; … however, according to Mr. Tuan, this does not mean that in the next 30 years, the forecast will be 5 times more accurate than current. “There are big obstacles that the meteorological industry has not been able to overcome. Technically, the computer can help to make forecast bulletins that come monthly or longer, however, the reliability of the forecast report will drop very quickly after 5-7 days ”, said Tuan. . Currently, the theoretical foundations for short-term forecasting (from 1-5 days) have been gradually being finalized. Therefore, the weather forecast for this time period is relatively good. However, atmospheric changes on a longer time scale (from 10 to 90 days) are not fully understood. This is also one of the main reasons why the forecast is not reliable at this time. Those concerns have prompted Mr. Tuan to find laws related to the change of rain from 10 to 90 days, towards expanding the ability to forecast. Continuously from 2013 – 2019, Mr. Tuan went to “decode” the questions: Rain in Vietnam has cyclical fluctuations, especially the 10 – 90 day cycle or not? Are these variations between climatic regions? If rain in Vietnam has a strong fluctuation in a cycle of 10 – 90 days, which large-scale processes lead to the fluctuation of these cycles?, … To answer those questions, Tuan said it took him a year to read and understand the algorithms and build computational programs for large atmospheric data sets over the course of 30 years, in the period since 1980. – 2010. “These are complex algorithms, requiring high programming skills. But due to the lack of support from IT specialists, I encountered many difficulties in handling this problem ”. After the computational results have been obtained, analyzing the physical process based on those results is also a challenge. The reason is that Vietnam’s climate is very complicated, affected by many large circulation systems and has strong differentiation between regions. The characteristics of rain and the mechanism of precipitation in Vietnam still cause a lot of controversy in the meteorological community. Therefore, the selection of important aspects for analysis also requires a lot of time. Mr. Tuan also took another year to analyze all the results. What he collected during this time helped find the oscillation pattern of rain. The physical mechanisms involved in this volatility have also been shown. In particular, he also found a relationship of this oscillation with the occurrence of heavy rains in Vietnam. This brings a lot of value, because heavy rains are considered anomalous and difficult to predict. Tuan’s research is an important theoretical basis to expand the ability to predict rain and heavy rain from 10-25 days. Thanks to these results, by early 2019, his article was published in the Journal of Climate – a climate magazine of the American Meteorological Association. Mr. Tuan is a former student of Physics at the High School of Science and Technology. Because he is always curious about natural phenomena such as storms, tornadoes, thunderstorms, … he decided to enroll in the Department of Meteorology, Hydrology and Oceanography of the University of Natural Sciences, Vietnam National University. Cabinet. “When I entered school, I found Meteorology more interesting than what I thought. The ideal knowledge of mathematics and physics is quite distant, but it is applied very closely to explain natural phenomena. In addition, I also have access to modern technologies or to process data on mainframe systems. I also had the opportunity to do internships at local observatories and to participate in professional forecasting internships at the National Center for Hydrometeorological Forecasting. There, I played the role of forecasters, directly analyzing to create a forecast newsletter. It was a very wonderful experience for me ”. After graduating from university, he continued to study for masters and doctoral degrees at the University of Science. As a scientist trained in the country, Mr. Tuan assessed that in recent years, the meteorological industry in Vietnam has also had a great development. At the working place Tuan has been equipped with a supercomputer system for training and research. The latest achievements in areas such as remote sensing, data assimilation, high-performance computing, artificial intelligence, … have also been applied in weather forecasting. However, Mr. Tuan also frankly acknowledged, the support of information technology experts to maintain and operate this system well is still limited. Current researchers still have to be in charge of this additional area. Another “separate sadness”, according to Tuan, is loneliness in science. “The computer system started to exist, but for improvement, the human factor remains the prerequisite. In Vietnam today, the number of people who choose to follow the research path in this field is very small ”. The meteorology industry still seems to be “out of the general trajectory of development”, when after nearly 10 years, despite some changes, it is still slow and only motivated by a few individual individuals. There are not many people doing research in the same field, so it is very difficult to find an academic exchange. Part of the reason, according to Tuan, is that the support for young researchers is still relatively low compared to the general level of society. This is likely to lead to a crisis of high-quality human resources in the future. Currently, each training course in the Department of Meteorology of the University of Natural Sciences recruits only about 30-40 targets. While majors require people who are good at both Math, Physics or Programming, … these people often choose very few meteorology. “Right from the source of admission, this discipline has encountered difficulties. When we enroll in schools, students still know very little about the industry and only think this industry is mainly metrology, usually for the population of C because it relates to Geography. The main registration is for aspiration 2, aspiration 3, so they don’t really like and want to stick with the industry ”, said Tuan. According to the young doctor, this industry is still not respected because people still think, “rain and wind is the story of heaven”, seemingly very far away. But in fact, it greatly affects life, economy and society such as planning production activities, forecasting diseases and preventing natural disasters. “I hope in the coming time, the society will know about the Hydrometeorology industry, not only through the image of a young man in” Quiet Sa Pa “anymore. This is an interesting discipline and offers many opportunities for young people to be truly passionate about natural sciences ”.

The third corona wave is massively inhibiting the growth of the German economy this year. The leading German economic institutes, the RWI in Essen, the Berlin DIW, the Ifo Institute in Munich, the Kiel IfW and the IWH in Halle have reduced their forecast from 4.7 percent in autumn 2020 to 3.7 percent.

Risk from new mutations

“The new wave of infections and the associated containment measures lead to a downward revision of the forecast for the year 2021 by one percentage point compared to the autumn report 2020,” says the joint report. The first quarter of the current year in particular is weighing on the economy. “Due to the ongoing shutdown, economic output is likely to have fallen by 1.8 percent in the first quarter,” said Torsten Schmidt, Economic Director of RWI. “The development of the pandemic continues to be the most significant downside risk for the forecast,” warn the institutes. There could still be bottlenecks and delays in the delivery of vaccines and tests. New virus mutations could also stop the economy from opening up, which would slow the recovery again.

Better prospects from summer

The forecast is based on the assumption that the current shutdown will continue for the time being and that the last easing will largely be reversed. The institutes do not expect further easing steps until the middle of the second quarter, and the restrictions will then be lifted by the end of the third quarter. “In the course of the easing, we expect a strong expansion in economic activity in the summer half of the year, especially in the service sectors particularly affected by the pandemic,” said Schmidt. The experts emphasize that a strong recovery will set in as soon as the risk of infection has been averted, especially through vaccination. They forecast that the economy should return to normal capacity around the beginning of next year. In the course of the easing from May, the number of unemployed will also decline.

Increase retirement age?

In view of the rising national debt, the institutes are in favor of increasing the retirement age. It would be a challenge to get the state finances back on a solid footing after the pandemic, it said. As the population is getting older, pension insurance plays a major role. A higher retirement age could support the state finances. So far, the federal government has assumed economic growth of three percent. Recently, three industry associations had expressed their cautious optimism about the current economic development in their sectors . The service sector in particular is suffering from the lockdown measures.

In view of the progressing vaccinations, the German industry expects the economy to pick up significantly in the coming months. In terms of production, he expects “a strong plus of eight percent compared to the previous year,” said the President of the Federation of German Industries (BDI), Siegfried Russwurm, at the opening of the Hanover Fair. At the start of the corona-related digital industrial fair, the BDI, the Association of German Mechanical and Plant Engineering (VDMA) and the Central Association of the Electrical and Electronics Industry (ZVEI) presented their annual forecasts.

When will the upswing come?

In the past few months, German industry has been an important driving force behind the economic recovery in Germany. That is why the current forecasts of the three major industry associations were awaited with great excitement. And although the big upswing is likely to be a long time coming, the prospects for the industry are better than feared – provided, according to the unanimous assessment of the associations, that the lockdown measures do not need to be tightened any further. The forecasts are based on the assumption that the previous restrictions will be scaled back in the coming months and that vaccination will be successful.

“No further conditions”

Many companies received significantly more orders again, said BDI President Russwurm. There are already more incoming orders than before the crisis. A prerequisite for recovery is “largely reducing pandemic-related restrictions by early autumn” – and that there are no further requirements for the manufacturing industry. With the help of general practitioners and company doctors, Germany must also become more flexible and speed up when it comes to vaccinating. Russwurm also pointed out that the extended lockdown would have consequences in a number of areas. According to the updated BDI forecast, economic output is likely to increase by three percent in 2021. That is half a percentage point less than initially assumed.

Increased prognosis

The Association of German Mechanical and Plant Engineering (VDMA) has increased its forecast for the production volume in 2021 by around three percentage points to up to seven percent. Above all, the good demand from Asia, especially from China, is encouraging. In the USA, impulses would come from the economic stimulus program launched by President Joe Biden. “The EU is also recovering step by step, albeit a little more slowly,” said association president Karl Haeusgen. However, he restricted the fact that Corona still unsettled and burdens companies. In addition, there would be structural change in the automotive industry and, in some cases, delivery problems. “However, mechanical engineering is showing itself to be resilient even in this difficult phase.” The VDMA boss warned politicians to implement uniform pandemic regulations and develop a long-term strategy. “However, it now also needs unity, clarity and concrete political plans for the time after.”

Positive mood in the electrical industry

ZVEI President Gunther Kegel was also confident for the electrical industry. “The electrical industry got off to a positive start in 2021,” said Kegel. This year a production increase of five percent could be achieved. “If you look at the orders received in the first three months, things can possibly go even better.” Capacity utilization was almost back at the previous year’s level at 82 percent in the first quarter of 2021. Incoming orders also generated optimism. In February alone there was an increase of 13 percent over the previous year. On the debate about mandatory corona protection requirements in the industry, Kegel said that over 90 percent of the companies in his industry were already testing. “This means that another tightened lockdown is not only unnecessary for the industry, it also makes no sense.”

Networking and automation as a topic

The fair in Hanover is considered to be the largest industrial show in the world. In online presentations, live streams from exhibitors, numerous video conferences and a new networking tool, the companies focus on technologies for networking and automation in production and logistics. In particular, contributions for more energy efficiency are to be shown. Economic policy rounds, specialist lectures and panel discussions are also planned.

According to the National Meteorological Agency, at present, the trend of temperature is gradually turning to a neutral state. With this development, the hurricane season this year is expected to come more wanted than every year, but need to be careful of strong storms; the rainy season can come early with extreme phenomena; risk occurs drought and local water shortage in Central and Central Highlands.

More information with VietnamPlus Electronic Newspaper reporter on the afternoon of April 15, Mr. Nguyen Van Huong, Head of Climate Forecast Department, National Hydrometeorological Forecast Center, said that from now until about May, it is unlikely to export storms and tropical depressions in the South China Sea. However, in the following months, storms and tropical depressions will begin to operate and increase in frequency, lasting until the end of 2021.

Specifically, in the period from June to July, storms and tropical depressions are likely to begin operating in the North East Sea and gradually increase the frequency, likely to affect the Northern region. and North Central region from August to September; affect provinces in Central and South Central from September to the end of this year.

“It is forecasted that this year there will be about 10-13 storms operating in the South China Sea, of which about half will affect the mainland. In which, strong storms will occur from September to October, “Huong said.

Also according to Mr. Huong, normally in the first half of the season (from June to September), tropical low pressure will concentrate in the North and the South China Sea, potentially affecting the North and North Central regions. ; in the second half of the season (from September to November), it will focus on the Middle and South East Sea, affecting the North Central Coast and returning to the South.

With the storm trend mentioned above, localities need to be careful of strong storms with complicated movements and cause strong winds at sea in months. stormy rainy season year 2021.

Regarding the trend of the rainy season, Mr. Huong said that this year’s rainy season is likely to come early in the Central Highlands and the South, from about the second half of April to the first half of May, thunderstorms and whirlwinds may occur. , hail, strong wind. In the last 6 months of 2021, rainfall tends to increase nationwide.

Illustration. (Source: VNA)

During the dry season months, the flow volume on most of the common rivers is approximately 15-40% lower than the average of many years in the same period, some rivers are 50% lower. Risk of drought and local water shortage in Central and Central Highlands.

In the flood season in 2021, the annual flood peak on the main rivers in the North, North Central region and Central Highlands is usually around 1-2 and above fluctuation 2; rivers in Yen Bai and Ninh Binh, from Quang Binh to Binh Thuan fluctuate 2-3, some rivers fluctuate 3.

The annual flood peak in the watershed of the Mekong River on Tien River in Tan Chau and Hau River in Chau Doc fluctuates 1-2, lower than the average flood peak of many years from 0.1-0.3m. In the dry season 2020-2021, salinity intrusion in the Mekong River Delta is at a high level but not as serious as the dry season in 2019-2020. Since May, saline intrusion in the Mekong Delta tends to decrease gradually.

The period of moderate and large floods in the North is likely to concentrate more in the second half of the flood season. On small rivers and streams, in the upstream areas, big floods, flash floods, and landslides are likely to occur; Inundation in cities and urban areas continues to be at risk from local heavy rains in the flood season months.

Before the weather trend mentioned above, the representative of Forecast Center Hydrometeorology The country said that the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will continue to direct hydro-meteorological forecasting and warning units, continuously monitoring, monitoring and updating daily on the website of the Ministry of Natural Resources. and Environment, General Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, soon provide detailed forecast information and warnings to functional agencies, media agencies and the people to prevent and avoid ../.